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Business report.

CPL’s profits up as their share prices fall but a tough year is expected ahead. CPL resources strive through the credit crunch despite rising levels of unemployment and labour costs. The company’s sales and revenue increases are highlighted in the release of the company annual report. The report highlights a profit of €52.5 million for…
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Business

Write a 500 word news report on the budget, happening on Tuesday 14th October 2008. Include in it the response of at least two interest groups and two opposition political parties. ____________________________________________________________________ Little protection offered for low-income families in Budget 2009 Lower income families are to suffer the most in the wake of Brian Lenihen’s budget,…
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Ethics 2

IS THERE IS NEED FOR A PRESS COUNCIL IN IRELAND AND WHAT POWER DOES IT HAVE? The introduction of the Press Council at the start of this year was meant to be a big step towards media censorship in Ireland. Many journalists worried. Would their views be ripped apart and would their working lives become…
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Politics

While the popularity of some ideologies may grow and fall nationalism never goes out of style. Discuss. Ideology refers to the beliefs and expectations which are imposed on the world in order to give it a structure and meaning. Ideology usually results in the creation of a political group whose purpose is fulfilling these expectations.…
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Politics 2

Food choices are not just determined by our own hunger but are in fact driven by a complex chain of related factors. I will discuss the above statement showing that food choices are indeed driven by a complex chain of related factors. The main factors which I will refer to are religious beliefs, household income…
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History of the media 1

For this assignment I chose two topics which are related in that they cover the same type of story. I choose my earlier pre 1925 story first. Choosing this one was not as difficult as I thought it would have been I went to the library and after looking through an early copy of the…
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Sociology 1 assignment.

Title Write and essay of 1,500 words commenting on at least two important changes in Irish Society over the last 40 years. Use evidence that you have studied in the readings and lectures in this course. __________________________________________________________________ There have been many changes in the past 40 years. One change that I am going to focus…
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Short story assignment. English literature 1.

An Adaptation of the short story Nineteen Fifty-five by Alice Walker. Written for English Literature 1. Short Story Assignment – Nineteen Fifty-Five. 1955. It all started when I was just 18. I was finished school and the local deacon brought me to see some lady in to get one of her songs. After hearing me…
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Leemail

A PUBLICATION BY JOURNALISM STUDENTS  AT GRIFFITH COLLEGE CORK Leemail is a Griffith College student publication which was published as a supplement to the Cork Independent on April 23 2009 and again in May. Below are links to the pdfs for each page which are all free to download. Page 1 – A free day…
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Photography outdoor standing assignment

Before and after studio standing shots. The aim of this assignment was to take a standing shot in the studio and then take an outdoor location shot. Using photoshop I then had to superimpose the standing shot to make it look like the model was on location.